Morocco’s AI push: Morocco’s Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform unveiled open-source AI tools with Mistral, including an Arabic dialect identifier (covering Moroccan Arabic) and Voxtral speech recognition for mixed Arabic/French/English—aimed at public services, education, media and business digitisation. Property market signals: Morocco’s real estate activity showed a partial recovery in Q2 2026, with transactions up 11% and prices up 0.7% quarter-on-quarter, led by gains in Rabat, Tangier and Marrakech. Jobs across borders: A new study finds Morocco’s municipal labor markets are shaped by both local conditions and neighboring-area dynamics, grouping towns into five labor-market types. Energy outlook: Ember projects Morocco could add about 1 GW of solar in 2026, as Africa targets record installations. Defense logistics contract: Oshkosh Defense received a follow-on order for Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces—50 HET A1 tractors and 50 heavy-duty trailers—supporting mobility modernization. Regional business event: MEADFA confirmed its 25th anniversary conference in Rabat (15–17 Nov) with sessions on aviation, travel retail, tourism, AI and geopolitics.